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Governors, Latest Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Wole Soyinka
Friday, May 15th, 2015
Tinubu, Soyinka The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Thursday in Lagos said the 2013 Nigeria Governors’ Forum crisis paved the way for the end of the 16-year rule of the Peoples Democratic Party. They made the observation during the public presentation of ‘Dynamics […]
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Biafra, Latest Politics, Presidency, Yakubu Gowon (1966-75)
Friday, May 15th, 2015
Former military head of state, Gen. Yakubu Gowon A former military head of state, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, says the leader of the defunct Biafra, the late Chukwuemeka Ojukwu, underestimated him by thinking that he (Gowon) would never go to war. Gowon, who led Nigerian forces to defeat Ojukwu’s army during the Nigerian civil war from […]
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General Politics, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency, Top Stories
Friday, May 15th, 2015
President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari President-elect Muhammadu Buhari has accused the outgoing Goodluck Jonathan government of not giving him “tips” on how to kick-start his administration on May 29. He spoke on Thursday when a committee from the Centre for Human Security of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, presented a five-point policy document to him at the […]
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Education, Headlines
Thursday, May 14th, 2015
The biggest ever global school rankings have been published, with Asian countries in the top five places and African countries at the bottom. Singapore heads the table, followed by Hong Kong, with Ghana at the bottom. The UK is in 20th place, among higher achieving European countries, with the US in 28th. The OECD economic […]
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Headlines
Thursday, May 14th, 2015
By Esther Onyegbula Residents of Abule-Foli village in Igando-Orudu area of Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos got what they did not bargain for, recently, when a combined team of uniformed and plain-clothed policemen stormed their village and arrested 22 of them. Among those arrested was Alhaja Baseratu Balogun, an 80-year-old grandmother. Incidentally, both the octogenarian and other suspects […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Party Politics, Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye
Thursday, May 14th, 2015
By Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye | Lagos, Nigeria | May 14, 2015 – Recently, the Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Mr. John Oyegun, was quoted as saying that he was “sad” that his party could not produce a lawmaker from the South East to be elected as senate president or speaker of the House of […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Thursday, May 14th, 2015
A top Burundian general on Wednesday launched a coup attempt against President Pierre Nkurunziza, following weeks of violent protests against the president’s bid to stand for a third term. Opposition protesters have been seeking to prevent Nkurunziza from standing for re-election, because they see him as a repressive, divisive leader incapable of reducing extreme poverty. […]
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First Ladies, Hajiha Aisha Buhari, Headlines, Patience Jonathan
Thursday, May 14th, 2015
Dame Patience Jonathan, Tuesday, denied claims that she was planning ways of preventing Hajiha Aisha Buhari, the wife of the President-elect, from replacing her as President of the African First Ladies Peace Mission (AFLPM). This was made known in statement by the Office of the First Lady Federal Republic of Nigeria were she declared that […]
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General Politics, Headlines, Top Stories, Women Politics
Thursday, May 14th, 2015
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, co-ordinating minister for the economy and minister of finance, shocked her audience on Thursday night with a revelation that she was diagnosed with cancer in 1997. Paying tribute to Oronto Douglas, former presidential adviser who died from cancer-related complications on April 9, 2015, the finance minister said: “Oronto and I had something in […]
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Headlines, National Politics, Oil Politics, Top Stories
Wednesday, May 13th, 2015
By Michael Eboh with agency reports Nigeria’s dwindling revenue is set to worsen, as international crude oil traders have shunned the country’s export of Bonga crude oil grade for the months of May and June 2015, making it difficult for the country to find buyers for the product and putting the price of the commodity […]
